open sea

Chapter 662 Route
Fortunately, Wu Shouli's request can be fulfilled by Chen Mu.

However, the procedures cannot be wrong. Wu Shouli first submitted a letter to the imperial court to offer boats and wood, and the imperial court approved it, and gave Wu Shouli's family three idle official positions. Only then did Chen Mu dare to accept such a repayment.

Moreover, it is beneficial for Huizhou merchants to enter into cooperation and prosper, a great benefit.

Although they are all merchants, the habits of Huizhou merchants are very different from those of Fujian and Guangzhou merchants. Fujian and Guangzhou merchants are brave enough to venture out, and they are not afraid of thieves. In a few years, the employed party seeks a little independent career, and in a few years they will be overseas giants.

Huizhou merchants are good at management, have a high average education level, like to make friends with powerful people, and take the win-win route for the upper class; Fujian-Guangzhou merchants are good at sea trade and freight, they are born in poverty and have been suppressed by the imperial government for a long time, without any moral burden. Excellent Fujian-Guangzhou merchants not only They can do business and protect themselves—for example, in this era, the way they protect themselves is to have their own boats, guns, and cannons.

Therefore, Fujian-Guangzhou merchants are natural treasure transport fleets, or the kind with their own armed merchant ships. When Huizhou merchants arrive in North America, they will operate handicrafts, manufacturing, construction, pawnshops and other industries there. With a large population, one town after another and self-managed plantations, forest farms, and mountain farms will soon be developed.

Especially this Wu Shouli, Chen Mu very much hoped that he could have his own property in North Asia Merica.

"Like him, who reveals his wealth in front of the entire court, and is not a clan official or businessman, the court will think of him when he has no money, and he will stumble sooner or later."

Chen Mu knew this truth too well. He didn't dare to disclose the real account book of Nanyang until Gao Gong officially joined the Nanyang Military Mansion, and what the court knew so far was all reserved, but it was not reserved in the book, because The share that belonged to the Nanyang Military Mansion in the past is now the annual revenue of the Fujian-Guangzhou Customs, and has nothing to do with the Nanyang Military Mansion.

"The situation is not so bad, Commander. With the Fourth Army Mansion here, the imperial court will not be out of money." Zhao Shizhen chuckled and pushed two official documents and a letter on Chen Mu's desk, saying: "This is Shandong and Nanyang Guards. According to the two official documents sent by the Equipment Bureau, Shandong handed over two thousand ships and ten five hundred ships, a total of twelve warships. "

"This is the last Thousand Household Department sent to the long-distance voyage. When they return one after another, there must be enough supply ships, and the Eastern Fleet can set off one after another."

The fleet’s voyage training went to Jinzhou Wei Zhongzuoqianhusuo, which was located in Dalian in later generations. It was said to be a long-distance voyage training, but in fact it was only from Tianjin, Jinzhou Wei, North Korea’s Huanghai Road, and Shandong Laiden. The total voyage was more than [-] miles , which is only one-tenth of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

What's more, the sailing sea area is different, the climate is different, and the coastal situation is different. This can only be regarded as a little boat training for his subordinates before the real voyage.

After all, the sea they were going to sail was Cangmingzong, and the sea that later generations would call the Pacific Ocean was not at all flat.

On Chen Mu's desk, two sea area official documents submitted by Chen Ju, who returned from Majiagang, and Yang Tingxiang, who returned from the voyage to Spain, were almost torn apart by Chen Mu. Chen Ju's official documents stated the difficulties he encountered on the northern route. , including reefs, undercurrents, ice floes, and the ice age of the Blackwater Mohe Islands, and even provides how long a pot of water is frozen into ice cubes on the open deck when the Blackwater Mohe Islands freeze.

Yang Tingxiang's official documents are more comprehensive, and the focus is on describing the typhoons suffered in summer and autumn along the southwestern coast of North America.

This is a very bad route, and Chen Mu's next job is to draw conclusions for various matters after he left the Beiyang Military Mansion, such as when the annual supply fleet will set sail.

Chen Mu quickly checked the official documents and Zhao Shizhen introduced the situation to the generals who participated in the military discussion. In addition to the two official documents, there was a private letter sent by Xu Jue who had returned to Beijing. Chen Mu pushed the private letter aside and browsed The second letter came from the Nanyang Armaments Bureau, which said that they had finalized the experiment of the new rocket and could equip the troops.

In the fifth year of Wanli's reign, the Arrows of Shenwei Mechanisms were divided into two categories: sea and land. There were four types of arrows: sea-ship mechanism arrows, sea-boat mechanism arrows, land-step mechanism arrows, and land vehicle mechanism arrows. Pushpowder, explosives, and projectiles were still used for killing For power, cancel the arrow shaft and use the spiral plate booster proposed by Chen Mu two years ago, which greatly improves the range and stability, and can also load more gunpowder, but the disadvantage of extremely poor accuracy still cannot be eradicated.

According to the letter, the Nanyang Armament Bureau has sold 400 arrows of various models at a price of 230 taels of silver. There were [-] flintlock guns made in Nanyang, [-] arrows for the general banner of the small flag, [-] general Zhenshuo guns and various ammunition, which were used to arm Qi Jimei's fleet, the commander of Zhedong bird gunslinger under his command.

The order was more than 3 taels of silver, and it was said that merchants from Huizhou, Li Xi's hometown, had contributed to the military.

Huizhou merchants contributed to the war.

Chen Mu didn't say anything, just shook his head lightly and pressed the official document to the side of the table, took the bamboo whip from Juniper, pointed to the nautical chart behind him, and said to the Beiyang generals in the hall: "In order to ensure that the baggage fleet passes through the black water. The sea water in the archipelago is not frozen, so the best time to start sailing is in late March. After two to four months of offshore sailing, you will arrive at Majia Port on the other side of the ocean. You can avoid the most sea risks and ensure that your luggage is intact. .”

"After arriving at Majia Port in summer, continue sailing south along the coast. At that time, Chen will set up ports, water villages, and land villages where things live along the coast, and the supply fleet will be replenished along the way. Because of the summer and autumn seasons of the place There are frequent typhoons, so it is only possible to sail towards Mexico after autumn, return via the northern equator route south of Mexico, and the destination is Guangzhou."

"Sell the goods carried by the ship in Guangzhou in winter or unload the required luggage at Weidao, Nanyang Military Mansion, raise a new phase of luggage along the way and go north to Dagukou, where the ship should be changed for rest. The sea is in good condition. The ship sails again."

"This is our standard logistics route. The north and south routes each have four months to deal with accidents. If there is no accident, the baggage team can get enough rest time." Chen Mu turned around and said to everyone: " But a single standard route is not enough, once a conflict occurs, our department’s consumption of supplies will increase sharply, and no one can wait for a year, so there must be a second, more adventurous route.”

"This route will start from Tianjin in late October. The Heishui Mohe Islands are likely to freeze at that time, so the route will be slightly southerly and the navigation will be more difficult. This route, Chen and the first batch of Beiyang Qi Let the army go together, and next year the air route will be sent back to the military mansion, and it will be a rule in the future!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
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